TravelBox

Social Travel Planning App for Friends on Facebook

TravelBox was a Facebook App I co-developed in grad school to make trip planning easier and more collaborative. It let friends co-create itineraries, share travel ideas, and document their journeys together—all in one place.

Key Highlights

• Won 1st Place in the 2009 CS Cup Campus Championship among 12 competing teams

• Enabled users to invite friends, build shared travel plans, and post updates to Facebook timelines

• Designed an intuitive interface that blended map views, schedules, and friend contributions

• Served as an early exploration of social UX and real-time collaboration

• Sparked my long-term interest in designing products that bring people together

This project showed me how thoughtful design and shared context can turn logistics into a fun, social experience.